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THE HERALD.
SPRING FI BUD, - COLORADO.
At lerst Commissioner Calhoun cllil
not haul down the flag of the United
States.
The wages of sin and trust officials
are about the only ones that has es
caped the general shrinkage.
If General Weyler is a Liberal, as
appears to be the case, then most of
us are Conservatives with all our souls.
The man who insists upon the fulfil
ment of campaign pledges must be
prepared to hear himself alluded to
aa a croaker.
We might try an airship experiment
with old Weyler before placing the bal
ance of ourselves upon a war footing,
remarks an exchange.
That Jersey farmer who tied a calf
to his bicycle and tried to lead the ani
mal in that fashion will know better
by the time the hospital surgeons are
through with him. 1
The Indians of Montana have been
slow to return to their accustomed “in
nocuous desuetude,” and they will be j
slower when leniency is shown. Per
iodic hangings represent the best
means for controlling the noble red
men.
A Kentucky strawberry grower re
ports a clear profit this season of
$729.63 on seven acres of ground.
Numbers of women and children who
would have earned money in no other
way made $1 or $2 a day picking the
berries. Another grower of strawber
ries reports his clear profits to have
been $367.60 on two acres of ground.
French nerve, unappreciated, has put
an end to a Paris engagement, accord
ing to the English newspapers. A
young woman was at the Bazaar de la
Ch&ritie with the young man she had
accepted, when the fire broke out. Ho
ran at the first alarm, leaving her
alone, but she managed to get out and
go home. There she found the young
man, who had politely called to see If
she was safe. He was shown the door.
The Porte will form twenty new cav
alry regiments in the Elassona and
Salonica districts. An imperial iradc
raises the army war footing to 70,000
men, while 1,300,000 Mauser rifles have
been purchased. So say the foreign
dispatches. This would seem to indi
cate that Turkey has settled in her own
mind the question of the evacuation of
Thessaly. The Sultan is quietly mobi
lizing an army of sufficient size to hold
in check Russia and perhaps England.
The questions whether the statutes re
lating to national banks prohibiting
them from purchasing or subscribing
to the stocks of another corporation,
and whether the want of authority can
be urged by the bank to defeat an at
tempt to enforce against it the liability
of a stockholder, were passed on by
the United States Supreme Court Mon
day, in the case of the California Nat
ional Bank, plaintiff in error, vs. Nat
Kennedy. The court holds that a nat
ional bank has no right to deal In
stocks, although it may accept them as
securities, and that it may plead its
want of pow’er as defense in a case like
the one in question. The transaction
in the stock of the savings bank is
held to have been void, and the judg
ment of the Supreme Court of Califor
nia against the national bank is re
versed.
To show how rapidly frozen meats
from Australia and Argentina are ob
taining control of the English market,
we quote from the Australian Pastor
ialist’s Review: There are in the trade
from New Zealand to London 26 ves
sels, insulated to carry 1,468,600 car
cases of sheep; between New Zealand
and (or) Australia and the United
Kingdom, 15 vessels, insulated to carry
702,000; Australia to United Kingdom,
58 vessels, insulated to carry 1,689,400;
River Platte to United Kingdom 24
vessels, insulated to carry 690,000; total
123 vessels, insulated to carry 4,530,000
carcasses. The total Import of mutton
and lamb into the United Kingdom
from all sources, in 1896, was 6,717,937
carcasses. Seeing that each steamer is
able to make about two and a half trips
in the year, it is evident that the sup
ply of insulated space has more than
overtaken the present requirements of
the trade. There are sixteen frozen
meat stores in London, which alto
gether can hold for an indefinite period
over 1,000,000 carcasses of mutton; five
in Liverpool to hold 325,000, one in
Manchester to hold 120,000, one in Car
diff to hold 75,000, one in Glasgow to
hold 60,000, one In Newcastle to hold
26,000, one in Bristol to hold 24,000.
These are being added to by the erec
tion of cold storage warehouses in
other large towns. Close upon one
third of the mutton and lamb consumed
in Great Britain now comes from New
Zealand, Australia and the River Plate.
The Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians
are wrought up over the new law which
goes into effect July 1 relating to po
lygamy. After that time each of the
forty Cheyenne Indians who has more
than one wife will have to choose one
of the two, three or five wives that he
has, and thn cast off wives must go
back to their relatives. The interest
between the squaws, who have become
enlightened to their situation, has be
come intense. Every squaw who wants
to remain with her husband is doing
her best to please him so that she will
be the lucky wife.
A man who has lived in Chicago all
of his life started out the other even
ing for a walk around the block. Ho
was found, many hours later, five
miles from home, and returned to
his home by the police. Not many
towns grow that fast or change so rap
idly.
More than 22,000 patents on bicycles
and things connected therewith were
applied for and granted »n England
last year. But even at that rate the
English wheel fails to approach the
American In desirable points.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
A cut of 10 per coot, has been mad* in U>*
wagea of shop men on tbn Atlantic A Pa
cific road.
j Philip Carter killed Thomas J. Kenney on
board the United States man-of-war Indl
i ana at Brooklyn.
Cornell won the hi* boat race at Pongh
keepHte on tbo 2nd over the Pennsylvania
I amt Columbia crew*.
The Columbia building and Loan Savings
1 Association of Louisville has failed as a re
sult of the new Kentucky law.
j The wheat crop In Chcyenue, Sherman
' and parts of Uawllns and Thomas counties,
| Kansas, has been destroyed by the hot
weather.
J A pnrty of ten young Chicago men are
' about to start, on a two-months' horseback
I journey, going from Kuwllns to the Yellow
i stone Park.
I Three persons wero killed outright and
about thirty persons Injured in a rear end
1 collision on the Chicago A Northwestern
road Wednesday at West Chicago. The
trains were Christian Endeavor specials.
Additional details of the eruptions of the
Mayou volcano lu the province of Albayo,
Philippine Islands, showed that 120 of the
Inhabitants of the village of Librug perished.
The volcano of Mayou has been asleep since
1(117.
Slum's relations with France are strained.
It Is reported that 100 Siamese, under a
royal commissioner, have luvnded the pro
vince of Gourg, lu Luang Phrabang, col
lected taxes, sucked and burned villages and
carried off a number of prisoners.
A collision took place In the Dardanelles
between the German vessels Eherbeck ami
lterthllde. The former sank almost Imme
diately (and fourteen of her crew were
drowned, while a boat that was sent to the
rescue by the Austrian guardshlp was cap
sized, drowning two.
A dispatch from Constantinople says that
Edlietti Pasha, commander-in-chief of the
Turkish forces in Thessaly, has tendered
his resignation of command to the Sultan,
on the ground that under the proposed
pence conditions he will be nimble to guar
antee the discipline of the army.
The New York tiveulng Post's London
correspondent cables ns follows: 1 under
stand that large orders for steel rails have
been placed in the United States by two of
the Indian railways at prices said to be £1
per ton below the figure at which the cou
tract would be tilled hi this country.
The first consignment of California green
fruits to Europe tills season was made from
Sacramento at midnight lust Tuesday. It
consisted of six carloads, and is expected to
reach London In twelve days. From this
time on shipments of this character to the
East will be made regularly ou pusseuger
schedule.
The newspapers of the city report a battle
which has Just taken place between 400
Greek raiders and a detachment of Otto
man troops near Motrovo. The Greeks suf
fered a loss of 120 killed. In nilditlon eighty
of the Greeks were captured and taken to
Jnuliio, the headquarters of the Turkish
army In Epirus.
The old war vessel Omaha, which has been
condemned by the government, auil Is at
prc*3out doing duty ns a quarantine hulk ut
San Francisco, lias been systematically
looted of all the old machinery and metal
fixtures. One of the thieves has beeu cap
tured, and he has made a confession that
the wutehman of the old steamer was his
con federate.
It Is authoritatively stated that John I>.
Rockefeller will be held to Ids offer of $2. r iO,-
(Hit) to the American Baptist Home Mission
ary Society and the American Itaptist Mis
sionary Union. The sum of $236,000, upon
the raising of which by the two societies by
July Ist his gift was conditioned, has been
secured. This will wipe out the Indebted
ness of $486,000.
John L. Bardwell of Ran Francisco has
presented to the Golden Gate park museum
one of the largest collections of delicately
curved Ivories that can be found In the
United States. There sre TOO pieces In all.
ranging In value from $25 to SI,OOO ench.
They represent every conceivable kind of
animal nud vegetable life, with protecting
gods and goddesses.
A serious riot hns broken out at Chltpoore,
India, caused by rumored profanation of a
mosque. The police were compelled to call
In uld from the military In order to disperse
the rioters. A number of Europeans have
been seriously Injured. The soldiers now
patrol the disaffected district, but the ex
citement of the natives continues, and fur
ther disturbances are feared.
The Associated I’ress Is Informed on reli
able authority that Mr. Rickard Croker as
sures his friends that lie hns virtually
made up his mind to return to New York In
time to manage the Tammany campaign for
next autumn's elections. He is In constant
cable communication with the Tammany
leaders and taking nn active part lu arrang
ing the preliminaries.
Through the rarelessness of herders four
bands of sheep aggregating 10,000 head, be
longing to tlie Platte Valley Sheep Com
pany, Patterson »V Stanley and McDermott
A Moran, beenme mixed on the range near
Pollard’s ranch. Wyoming. The sheep are
unmarked and unhrnnded and about one-half
are young lambs, making the mix-up a so
rlous matter for the owners.
The President hns sent the following nom
inations to the Senate: William Woodvllle
Rockhlll of the District of Columbia, to be
envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo
tentiary and consul general to Greece, Ron
mania and Servla; Arthur S. Manly of New
Hampshire, minister resident and consul
general of the United States to Persia;
Abraham K. Smith <>f Illinois, consul of the
United Stales at Victoria, Itritlsh Colum
bia.
The Pan-Anglican, or as officially called,
the Lambeth conference, began nt London
on the 30th, with a private devotional ser
vice In the chapel of Lambeth palace—the
otllclnl residence of the Archbishop of Can
terbury. There are some 200 prelates of the
various churches In communion with the
Church of England Invited, besides all the
archbishops and the bishops of the churches
i>f England. Wales, Scotland auil Ireland
nnd the British colonies In all parts of the
world.
Reports from Central Kansas Indicate that
hot winds prevailing In that section are
causing serious damage to crops. Particu
larly gloomy reports come from Lnrucd and
Great Bend. In that section of the state
harvest hands were driven from the fields,
being unable to cut or stack the grain, and
the corn crop. It Is reported, .hns been
scorched beyond recovery. Reports from
the western and centra! part of the state,
generally. Indicate that crops are greatly lu
need of rain.
The secretary of state hns written a letter
to the governor of California asking him to
cause an Investigation of the circumstances
under which two Japanese subjects were
driven from the new town of Johannesburg
In that state. While this particular case
Is not regarded lien as threatening to give
rise to difficulty In Its settlement, the fre
quency with which the State Department In
late years has been obliged to Intervene with
state authorities In Hie protection of Jun
anese subjects, in most cases unsuccessfully
too. gives rise to the expectation that the
Japanese In the near future will tie obliged
to appeal to Congress to prevent such oc
currences. which may lead to international
breaches, and even to war.
A special to the Times Herald from Walter
Wellman, its Washington correspondent,
says: There was quite a flurry of Interest
In the Cuban question lu town to-night when
It became known that Secretary Alger had
Intimated to Captain Tusker R. Bliss, who
will shortly go to Madrid as military at
tache to the American legation there that It
would be Inadvisable to take Mrs. Bliss and
her children with him. because of the possi
bility of trouble. Lieutenant George L.
Dwyer, the naval attache, also propones to
go to Madrid unaccompanied by members
of Ills family. These developments are gen
erally accepted as an Indication that the ad
ministration expects more or less excitement
In Madrid during the coming autumn, or aa
soon as Minister Woodford shall hava had
opportunity to present the demands of thla
government to the Hpunlsl court.
COAL MINERS’ STRIKE
THE STOCK GETTING LOW.
Some Operators Ready to Give Up—West
Virginians Working—The Arbitration
Boards Preparing to Mediate.
Pittsburg. July 11.—To-dny marks
the beginning of the second week of
the coni miners’ strike, nnd already It
Rives promise of being one of the
greatest wage struggles In the history
of the country. Eight days ago the J
coni operators in this district and the
miners themselves little dreamed that
within one short week such an era of
general suspension could he wrought
as now exists lu the bituminous mining
Industry.
The success that has attended the
movement has greatly elated tin* min
ers and during the next few days ev
ery effort will Ik* made to bring out the
men in the few mines that are still
working. This will be a difficult task,
hut they express couffdt nee In their
ability to make the suspension com
plete before the week is forty-eight
hours old.
From the l>est information obtain
able, the Pittsburg operators are In no
hurry to have the difficulty adjusted,
so many of them have hail stocks on
railroad sidings which they held for nn
advance. Much of this was disposed
of Saturday. A promlcnt operator said
to-day that it would take another week
to determine the exact state of the
market, and by that time a general
cleaning up will have taken place. All
interested will he ready to begin busi
ness on a new basis nnd probably a
much higher price.
“This whole tiling will result In a
compromise," said another. “These
operators are in a position to stand It
for some time, and I believe the min
ers are In a 1 tout the same condition. It
looks ns If business would brighten up,
nnd in that event the operators will be
able to get prices, and the condition of
business and tlie condition of the min
er will he simultaneously Improved.”
Just now the greatest obstacle In the
way of success of the miners Is the
activity of the diggers in the West Vir
ginia fields. 'They are working night
nnd day and are getting ready to sup
ply all the coal that is needed. They
are repenting what they did three
years ago when a general suspension
was declared.
It Is known that some of the miners
would he glad to see the operators who
will pay the slxty-nine-cent rate oper
ate tlielr mines, hut cannot owing to
the determination of the national offi
cers. who desire to have all the surplus
coal taken from the market.
The new features in the situation to
dny were tlie arrival of the Ohio nnd
Indiana State Boards of Arbitration,
tlie incctlug to-night of the United La
bor League of Western Pennsylvania,
nnd the report that a movement was
on foot to import new men to take the
places of the strikers nt the Pittsburg
and Chicago Company’s mines.
BRUTAL FATHER PUNISHED.
A Nebraska Man Whipped and Given a
Coat of Tnr and Feathers
Beatrice, Neb., July 11.—Julia L.
Barton, tlie pretty 10-year-old daugh
ter of Adam M. Wlncbrener, left hero
last night on the Burlington for Den
ver, where site will live with her aunt.
Mrs. E. M. Bishop. She was sent
there by the local authorities after be
ing taken from her stepfather’s home
in a pitiable condition. Winebrencr
was arrested for torturing the girl, nnd
in the absence of a bond was placed
in the local Jail.
Ills wife caused his arrest, and when
the young lady was examined her hack
nnd limbs were found to be a mass of
cuts and deep wounds. They had been
made, she claimed, by her stepfather
using a big hull whip on her. She said
she had been beaten and tortured by
him daily for months.
Winebrencr admitted that he whip
ped the girl, hut said It was to make
her obey him. When he was ap
proached by officers he resisted des
perately. Ills preliminary hearing was
called nt once and he was held in S2OO
hail, nnd pending the securing of a
bond was jailed.
At midnight last night the jail was
surrounded by a howling mob. Ev
erybody was masked, yet hut little ef
fort was made to hide the Identity c.f
the members. Several hundred men
composed the mob and many worn *n
stood on the outskirts and* watched
the proceedings.
Some difficulty was experienced in
entering the Jail, hut a window was
Anally broken in and the victim seized.
He screamed “|x»lice,” hut no atten
tion was paid to ids cries.
lie was hurried on the run to a va
cant lot near by and a big hull whip
produced. Tlie miserable wretch was
stripped and then cut from head to
foot with tlie whip, several men tak
ing turns at scourging him. He was
a mass of blood when a bag of* feath
ers and a bucket of tar were secured
nnd smeared over his trembling body.
He shrieked piteously nnd 1 logged for
mercy all the time.
When the mob got through with him
his clothes were returned, an opening
made in tlie ring formed by the mob
and he started on a run hack to the
Jail with the men throwing stones at
him.
After being returned to his cell lie
at first refused to he interviewed, hut
finally acknowledged that he had
thrashed the girl with a buggy whip
and that he had denied her a seat at
tlie family table for tlie past two
years. He claimed Hint it was on ac
count of her lmd influence on his own
children, nnd that lie had denied her
going out for the sake of the good
name of the family.
Winebrencr is a merchant 54 years
old.
SUPERSTITION IN NEW MEXICO.
An Old Woman, Thought to 110 n Witch Is
Murdered.
Santa Fe, N. M.. July 10.—From Las
Vegas comes to-day news of two shock
ing crimes. At Las Alamos, a native
woman named Susnnn Jnramlllo was
fatally shot on Thursday by a nmu
named Sostenes Sena. Yesterday the
woman gave birth to a healthy child.
Sena Is lu Jail at Las Vegas.
Near La Clntn village, Teodoro Salas,
a woman eighty years of age, met
death in a most brutal manner. Her
murderers were Antonio, Lucero, aged
eighteen, nnd Teodoc Tafoya, twenty
two. Tafoya had a sister who had
been sick for some time and could not
get well ou account of the old woman,
who was considered by the ignorant
people of tin* neighborhood as a "bru
ha,” or witch, who exercises her wiles,
In their opinion, over the young girl. It
appears that following the advice of
his mother, young Tafoya and his com
panion, Lucero, followed the old wom
an to a plnco about three miles from
San Lorenzo, where, after being fright
ened she was prevailed upon by the
young demons to go buck with them
to the girl’s house and cure her. They
placed her on the saddle of Lucero’s
horse, young Lucero mounting behind,
and started. After going a short dis
tance Tafoya puljed bis pistol and
killed the old woman’s dog. remarking
that he had gotten rid of one “brulni.’’
nnd would get rid of the other, the ol 1
woman, whereupon he threw a las
so over her, and starting his
horse Jerked her off the horse.
He then Instructed Lucero to
attach his lasso to her feet nnd
the two, starting tlielr horses on the
run, dragged th«* woman to death, not
a vestige of clothing being found on
the body when discovered. The mur
derers disappeared. The mother of Ta
foya was arrested, she having told the
officers who called at her house that
I rfhe had told her son anil Lucero to kill
1 the old woman.
STILL GREAT CROWDS.
Christian Knilvavorem Attaml Many M«*«*t-
Snn Francisco, July 11.—London in
11100! That Is to be the rallying cry of
tlie Christian Kndeavorers for the next
three years. It is the ambition of Presi
dent Clark and his millions of followers
to show the old world something of
the strength of their organization.
Nashville has already boon chosen ns
the meeting place in 1808, nnd at the
annual meeting of the officers Tuesday
morning the selection of a convention
city for 1809 will lx* discussed, hut the
question may not be settled then, for
.the offers of a number of places are to
he considered.
Denver has put in a strong bid, and
both St. Louis nnd Cincinnati are anx
ious to have the young Christians visit
them. All that can be said now is that
the matter Is unset tied and all appli
cants have an equal chance of success.
All of those who attended the various
state rallies last night are enthusiastic
in their expressions of delight. A/ter
tlie Informal reception they were liter
ally loaded down with flowers and fruit
by their numerous guests.
This has been a busy day for the or
zanizntion. Many meetings have been
held, all. however, being devotional In
character, business affairs not Interest
ing the Endenvorcrs on the Sabbath.
Tlie topic for the early morning
prayer meetings was “Prayer for
Church Services nnd Pastors.” At near
ly every church it was necessary to
close the doors before the beginning of
the services, so great was the throng
of earnest worshipers.
All the churches of Iho city were
crowded nt the regular services this
morning.
The groat gathering of the day was
the afternoon meeting at Mechanic’s
pavilion, presit'd over by President
Clark.
“In the Interest* of the Lord’s Day.”
was tlie general theme of a series of
eloquent addresses which rank among
the host of the convention. Thousands
who sought to gain admittance to the
auditorium lingered regretfully on the
streets long after the “no more room”
sign was hung outside.
After singing by tlie male chorus, led
by A. M. Bcnhnm. Rev. J. Wilbur Chap
man of Philadelphia sjKike of the evils
of dissipation, his remarks being blunt
and effective.
It. A. El wood, the Philadelphia evan
gelist. rendered “Saved by His Grace”
as a solo. Then came a unique and strik
ing feature of the service—singing by
the police choral society of San Fran
cisco. nil of the men being in full uni
form. They rendered "Throw Out the
Life Line.” Tlie officers were not allow
ed to retire until they had responded
to several encores.
A meeting for women, presided over
by Mrs. Francis E. Clark of Boston,
w.ns held during Hie afternoon at the
First Congregational Church.
HUNDREDS KILLED BY HEAT.
Two Thonsnnil Frost radons Since .Inly Ist
Chicago. July 10.—The fierce heat,
under which ihc greater portion of the
country has sweltered since the first
of July, moderated in many localities
to-dny nnd predictions from the
Weather Bureau at Washington indi
cate that lower temperature will bring
general relief within twenty-four
hours.
The records of prostrations nnd
deaths resulting from the long heated
term approaches in magnitude that of
a general epidemic.
Reports from all sections of the
country received by the Associated
Press this evening show prostrations
numbering in tlie neighborhood of 2.-
000, with fatalities close to 350. In ad
dition to this there were scores of
deaths resulting indirectly from the
intolerable heat, the death rate in
many of the large cities showing a
fearful increase over previous years.
The Central states suffered more se
verely than other sections, the heat
being most deadly in Chicago, Cincin
nati and St. Louis.
In the number of fatalities this city
heads the list with 87 deaths, Cincin
nati and suburban points reporting 65
and St. Louis 42.
Throughout the South the heat was
intense, but tin* death rate was much
lower than In tin* North.
Eighty-seven people died form the
effects of heat in this city since July
1. In addition six have drowned while
bathing to escape the sizzling rays of
the sun. six have been driven Insane,
and a like number have committed su
icide. while 347 prostrations, more or
less serious, have occurred. The
health department reports show a
great increase In mortality in children
nnd sufferers from chronic diseases.
The average number of deaths for tin*
past three or four days has almost
doubled.
CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPTION.
About Three Hundred I‘lnees Will lie
Opened up Again.
Washington, D. C., July 10.—The
President and the members of the civil
service commission have had a number
of conferences recently on the question
of a revision of the civil service rules
so ns to exempt certain importsn:
places which were Included in Mr.
Cleveland’s last extension order. A final
determination, however, has not been
reached, but it is altogether probable
that about 300 places will be taken out
of the classified services. These will
Include deputy collectors of customs
who are In charge of sub-stations nnd
deputy collectors of internal revenue
who have charge of the distribution of
revenue stamps. There are approxi
mately 150 places in each class. It is
not proposed, however, to exempt the
places from examination. The ap
pointee will he ordered before the civil
service commission for examination,
nnd in case of failure his name must
he withdrawn and another appoint
ment made. It is argued that the posi
tions which if is proposed to restore to
the excepted list are of great lmportn
nnce nnd as the stations of the officers
are often far removed from their chief,
who alone is responsible for their acts,
ho should have some voice in their so
| lection. Tlie bonds furnished the gov
] eminent by collectors of customs and
, collectors of Internal revenue cover all
bonds passing through the hands of
I agents and deputies, and It is contend
■ oil that it is unjust to hold a collector
I personally responsible for the honesty
of a man of whom he knows nothing.
It is probable the President will take
action in the matter wlthlu the next I
few days.
BIG DAM GIVES WAY.
A CATASTROPHE NEAR WARD.
As a Result at the Break Mrs. Mathews
and Her Child Are Drowned—Great
Damage Dune by the Flood.
Denver, July 10.—A special from
Ward, Colorado, to the Republican
says:
The reservoir of the Ixift Hand
Ditch Company went out at noon to
day, causing the death of two human
beings and the destruction of consid
erable property.
The reservoir was located at Ixjft
Hand park, four miles west of Ward,
and its waters were list'd for the irri
gation of many lint' farms in the val
ley around the mouth of Left Hand
canon.
The first Intimation that the banks
of the reservoir had succumbed to the
great quantity of water stored there
in. largely augmented by a heavy
rainfall of the past twenty-four hours,
was manifested to William Lowrle, an
employe of the Dew Drop Company.
Lowrle, on going to ids dinner, sud
denly saw a little silvery mountain
stream that flows past the Dew Drop
mill transformed into a great rushing
torrent.
The first rush of the water came in
billows six foot high and Increased In
volume, forming a mountain of water
at least twenty feet high. The higher
water was preceded by a wall of rocks
and other debris liorne and tossed by
the Irresistible force Itehind it as so
much chafT before the wind. The roar
of the oncoming Hood of water and
debris was thunderous In tone.
Mr. Ixnvrie rushed so far ns possible
in advance of the flood to warn the
people in the little homes along the
banks of the stream.
The first family to hear his warning
cry wns that of Thomas Handly, con
sisting of himself, his son. Mr. and
Mrs. Major and six children, all of
whom had just sat down to dinner.
It required but a minute for them all
to rush up the precipitous hill behind
their residence, and a moment later
their house, with its entire effects,
was borne on the cri'-st of the wild
waves and dashed to pieces. There was
SBOO In cash on hand in the house,
which was swept away with the other
property.
Near I family's house was the little
home of James Mathew. Mrs. Mathew
heard the warning and grabbing her
little r»-yenr-old daughter. Myrtle, her
only child, she rushed frantically out
of the tottering house. She attempted
to cross the then rapidly rising stream,
and In an instant herself and child
were engulfed in the mad flow of wa
ter and quickly carried to their death.
Their house followed them down
for about thirty feet and
grounded on some huge boulders. This
Is the only fatality so far known.
The two new boilers recently re
ceived by the Dew Drop Company and
standing near their stamp mill, were
picked up and tossed about like toys
on the crest of the current, ami car
ried several hundred yards along.
These boilers weighed eight tons each.
The nows of the dam's breaking was
quickly carried to Ward, and hun
dreds of men, women and children
went to the creek. The search for the
bodies of Mrs. Mathew ami child wns
at once taken up. The body of the
drowneil woman was found 000
yards below the point where she was
picked up by the water, lodged under
a big pile of boulders and logs. The
body was taken out with great difll
* eulty, divested of all clothing and
badly bruised.
I'p to 8 o'clock this evening the body
of the little girl had not been found.*
Mrs. Mathew was married in Den
ver eight years ago to James Mathew,
who snrvives her. She was 117 years
of age. and has two married sinters,
Mrs. Katie Woods and Mrs. Marie
Ewing, living in Altman. Colorado,
and a brother, Albert Smith, in Fort
Lupton.
Every bridge between the head of
I/eft Hand creek and its mouth except
the one at the foot of Ward gulch, Is
believed to have been wa&licd out.
The roads along the creek are com
pletely destroyed in very many places.
The earth is washed away around the
foundation stones of the Dew Drop
mill, and the water came within a few
inchs of entering tlie electric power
house at Camp Rrainard.
A large number of eastern visitors
stood on the hill above the Ded Drop
mill, awed by the magnifleent specta
cle of the death-dealing flood. The
roads to the reservoir from Ward are
completely washed out. and up to this
hour it has been impossible to reach
the site of the washed-out dam. The
reservoir was a lake of about thirty
acres in area.
The officers of the company cannot
bo reached from here. The president
is Samuel Arhuthnut, at Altoona, Col
orado. The Colorado Telephone Com
pany’s poles along the creek are
washed out. breaking the communica
tion between Ward and Boulder.
Running; Short of Coal.
Cleveland. Ohio. July o.—The situa
tion in this city over the coal strike is
becoming desperate. The Cleveland rail
roads are growing bolder in confiscat
ing coal and those who depend upon
a regular supply are becoming anxious.
The schooner W. B. Parker of Detroit,
lias be<*n delayed in Cleveland since
Sunday owing to tin* action of the Erie
railway. The boat was loading coal at
the Erie Ship Building Company’s
works. An Erie engine backed on the
high trestle which leads to the car
dumping machine and carried away
thirty cars of coal which were to have
been loaded into the Parker. The boat
will have to go up light.
Several other fueling firms have near
ly exhausted their supply. The Pennsyl
vania and Ohio Fueling Company has
suspended business altogether in Cleve
land. There is consilerable fuel In the
#ppt*r lake region and some of it may
have to be brought, down here. It Is
generally admitted now that the coal
dealers and mine operators were very
poorly prepared for tlie strike.
Unless coal begins coming from
Cleveland in a few days the situation
in the city will lie serious. The light
ing companies fear the city may lie
left in darkness. The director of public
works is alarmed over Ids ability to
keep the water supply going. The street
railway companies fear a suspension
of travel ami manufacturing concerns
with orders to fill are fearful lest their
plants will have to shut down for want
of fuel.
Fatal Fire In I.eadvlllo.
Lendville, Colo.. July B.—A conflagra
tion occurred at the Big Four property,
on the slope of Johnny Hill, at f> o’clock
this morning, in which James Galla
gher lost his life and property was dam
aged to the extent of about SB,OOO to
SIO,OOO. Just how the fire started is not
a certainty, but the supposition is thnt
it ignited from a candle. The flames
originated in what is known as the
“drying room," where the men change
their clothes when going and coming
from work. The night force left ho
| tween 3 and 4, and the supposition is
that one of the men left a candle burn
ing. which In some manner set Are to
the building. The lire, once started,
spread with great rapklity and the
buildings being very dry the stuff burn
ed like paper.
A SUCCESSFUL FINISH.
The 'lnternational Mining Congress Will
Meet at M ilt Lake Next Ye ir.
Denver, July 10.—The gold conven
tion finished its labors yesterday and
adjourned. In the morning the im
portant matter of next year’s meeting
place wns voted upon,.tlie ballot stand
ing 100 for Salt Like City to 47 for
Omaha.
President Prince appointed the fol
lowing committee, under a resolution
which wns adopted on Thursday, for
the pur|H)se of endeavoring to secure
the establishment of a Department of
Mines and Mining: Lnfe Pence, Colo
rado, chairman; M. I>. Herring, Texas;
I. It. Hedges, Pennsylvania; William
P. Beehel, Nebraska, and E. V. Smal
ley of St. Paul. Minnesota. The com
mittee will report next year.
N. E. Guyot of New Mexico offered a
resolution, asking that the free coinage
of sifver at a ratio of HI to 1 be en
dorsed, and the motion was seconded
by F. A. Reynolds, also of New Mexi
co. It has been especially agreed that
no political questions should be intro
duced into the convention, ami when
this objection was raised the author of
the resolution declared it was a plain,
simple proposition. Without furflier
ado the question wns put to vote ami
the resolution defeated by a most over
whelming vote, the Colorado delega
tion voting almost solidly against it.
Indicating their sincerity in declaring
that the convention should be non-par
tisan.
President Prince appointed the fol
lowing committee to report at the next
convention upon the advisability of
adopting a code of mining laws to ap
ply to the mining states: Delegates
Moore of Colorado. Reynolds of New
Mexico, Penrose of Arizona, Lyman of
Utah and Todd of South Dakota.
At the opening of the afternoon ses
sion IYesident Prince offered a resolu
tion inviting nil mineral producing
states and territories to make exhibits
of their resources at the Transmissis
sippi International Exposition to be
held in Omaha next year. The rules
were suspended and the resolution
adopted.
Charles J. Moore of Cripple Creek
read a paper on "The Cripple Creek
Formation,” which proved very inter
esting to the delegates.
Mrs. Minnie A. Shinn of Lendville
was the next speaker, giving an inter
esting talk on the Lendville district,
which she said was “the greatest sil
ver mining camp on earth,” Her re
marks were confined to a history of
the camp from the time 11. A. W. Ta
bor opened the Little Pittsburg mine,
in 1877, to the discovery of gold sul
phides on Breece hill in 1894. She
gave the total mineral output of the
Lendville district since 1877 as $220,-
otxi.ooo.
Professor S. W. McCallie, assistant
state geologist of Georgia, contributed
a paper on the gold fields of Georgia.
After a lengthy discussion of the
question the name of the permanent
organization was decided to be the In
ternational Mining Congress.
Several other papers were rend, after
which the convention adjourned.
MANY INVALID LAWS.
Idaho Supreme Court Given a Decision
Which Muy Require the Re-E lactment
•if I.mwh.
Boise, Idaho, July o.—The Supreme
Court to-day rendered a decision in
the county fee bill case that is the most
far reaching ever emanating from thnt
court. The court holds tlinf the fee
bill passed by the last Legislature is
invalid, and in addition practically de
cides that nearly every bill passed by
the last Legislature is unconstitution
al. Not only that hut it is a question
whether the decision does not Invali
date the laws of other Legislatures
since the organization of the state of
Idaho. No one can tell at this time
just how far reaching the decision is.
But it will without doubt create wide
spread consternation throughout the
state. The county fee law worked
sweeping reductions in the fees of
county offices and it was attacked by
the latter on the general ground of un
constitutionality. The Supreme Court
upholds this contention, holding thnt
the Dill was unconstitutionally passed,
both in the House and the Senate. The
court holds that any bill passed under
an omnibus resolution suspending the
provisions of the constitution requir
ing separate readings in full, Is invalid.
Such suspension can only be had in
case of emergency, and then must ap
ply only to the pending bill. Again the
court holds that an amended bill going
back to the House from w’hich it
originated must be treated as an origi
nal bill by the House. Both of these
requirements were violated in the case
of the fee bill.
The decision wns delivered late this
afternoon and it is impossible to
make examination of the records, to
ascertain just how many laws of the
last and previous Legislatures come
within the sweeping decision of the
law, but those familiar with the course
of legislation assert that fully two
thirds of the laws passed at the last
session are invalid under this decision.
Lawyers are now looking the matter
up. It is safe to say that at least all
the bills of the last Legislature amend
ed in the House opposite to that in
which they originated are unconstitu
tional. while a great many will be
found to be void, owing to the geueral
suspension of the provision of the con
stitution respecting readings. It is
possible the anti-gambling bill will be
Included in the category of invalid leg
islation. while those best informed, as
sert that every appropriation bill is un
constitutional. If the decision is found
to affect as many laws as seems now,
it is likely it will be necessary to con
vene the Legislature in extraordinary
session. State officials are dumb
founded and their consternation is
only equalled by their helplessness.
Rio (iMnilii Western's Record.
.Salt Lake, Utah, July B.—-The Chris
tian Endeavor west-bound rush is prac
tically over. During the period from
July 1 to 7 the Itio Grande handled
seventy-one trains, earring 17,232 pas
sengers from Grand Junction to Ogden.
The greater percentage of these passen
gers stopped over in Salt Lake City,
tints requiring a second movement, or
the handling of a total of nearly 3fi,000
passengers. This wns accomplished
without accident or serious delay.
The bulk of this immense traffic hav
ing been carried on July 3, 4 and o, es
tablishes. it Is claimed, the world's sin
gle track passenger record.
Hen (tor Harris Drnrt.
Washington, July B.—-Senator Isham
(i. Harris of Tennessee died at Ids resi
dence a few minutes before f> o’clock
this afternoon. The senator had been
growing weaker for several days, the
intense heat which has been prevailing
greatly affecting him and no doubt
liasteuing bis end.
Tills morning the senator revived
somewhat, but only temporarily. Dur
ing the afternoon lie sauk rapidly and
passed away peacefully.
He was seventy nine years ot ag«
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